ACTOR

Walter Brennan

1894 - 1974

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Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only six actors to win three Academy Awards, and the only male or female actor to win three awards in the supporting actor category. Brennan was also nominated for his performance in Sergeant York (1941). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Brennan has received more than 4,667,808 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Walter Brennan is the 807th most popular actor (up from 880th in 2019), the 1,461st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,607th in 2019) and the 389th most popular American Actor.

Walter Brennan was a character actor who was most famous for his role as the crotchety old man, Mr. Brennan, on the TV show "The Real McCoys."

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Walter Brennan ranks 807 out of 13,578. Before him are Elsa Martinelli, Carroll Baker, George Takei, Brooke Shields, James Garner, and Elliott Gould. After him are Bruce Dern, Jeff Bennett, Terence Stamp, Tom Skerritt, Emma Watson, and Bubba Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Walter Brennan ranks 49. Before him are Elisabeth of Romania, Norman Rockwell, Aino Aalto, Dimitri Tiomkin, Lothar von Richthofen, and V. V. Giri. After him are André Kertész, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Bessie Smith, Ernst Lindemann, Percy Spencer, and Leo Kanner. Among people deceased in 1974, Walter Brennan ranks 40. Before him are Nikolai Kuznetsov, Vannevar Bush, Marcel Pagnol, Franz Jonas, Farid al-Atrash, and Hilda Gadea. After him are Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Creighton Abrams, Frank Martin, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Salvador Puig Antich, and René Spitz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Brennan ranks 1,461 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Bird (1956), Brooke Shields (1965), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), James Garner (1928), and Elliott Gould (1938). After him are Bruce Dern (1936), Jeff Bennett (1962), Robert Wise (1914), DJ Khaled (1975), Tom Skerritt (1933), and Bubba Smith (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Walter Brennan ranks 389. Before him are Roberts Blossom (1924), Carroll Baker (1931), George Takei (1937), Brooke Shields (1965), James Garner (1928), and Elliott Gould (1938). After him are Bruce Dern (1936), Jeff Bennett (1962), Tom Skerritt (1933), Bubba Smith (1945), Dennis Quaid (1954), and Joseph Cotten (1905).

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Television and Movie Roles

To Have and Have Not
Eddie
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Jan 20th 19457.5 / 10
Rio Bravo
Stumpy
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Mar 18th 19597.8 / 10
Red River
'Groot' Nadine
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
Aug 26th 19487.3 / 10